How does Beacon Park compare to other elementary schools in Irvine?

Beacon Park has a SchoolScope composite score of 64.8/100, placing it at the 89th percentile statewide. 47% of students exceed standard, with a total of 3,028 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Beacon Park?

46.5% of students at Beacon Park exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 75.0% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Beacon Park improving or declining?

Beacon Park's proficiency rate decreases by 9.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Beacon Park?

6.9% of students at Beacon Park are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Beacon Park

Irvine Unified Irvine Orange County 92618

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

3,028 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

1,071 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

29:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

14%

Teachers

37 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 7.7%

White 17.9%

Asian 62.6%

Black 1.3%

Other 10.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Beacon Park
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	46.5%
Met Standard	28.5%
Below Standard	25.0%

Exceeded

46.5%

Met

28.5%

Below

25.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "75% proficient" for Beacon Park and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

46.5% of students exceeded standard while 28.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 25.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Irvine Unified district average of 47.0%. The 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 49.5% exceeded — 2.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 9.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.9%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

46.5%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

75.0%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G3→G5)

-9.7pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

6.9%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

0.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

3,028

Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
3rd	124	50.0%	27.4%	15.3%	7.3%	77.4%
4th	97	50.5%	20.6%	18.6%	10.3%	71.1%
5th	129	46.5%	30.2%	13.2%	10.1%	76.7%
6th	131	38.2%	38.2%	15.3%	8.4%	76.3%
7th	133	48.1%	39.9%	9.8%	2.3%	88.0%
8th	130	43.1%	36.9%	13.8%	6.2%	80.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
3rd	128	51.6%	27.3%	13.3%	7.8%	78.9%
4th	103	45.6%	24.3%	17.5%	12.6%	69.9%
5th	133	31.6%	28.6%	26.3%	13.5%	60.1%
6th	134	50.0%	28.4%	12.7%	9.0%	78.4%
7th	140	53.6%	20.0%	19.3%	7.1%	73.6%
8th	132	50.0%	19.7%	17.4%	12.9%	69.7%